Why is this controversial? Muslim leaders have said it.
Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, said this at the UN in 1974: “One day, millions of men will leave the Southern Hemisphere to go to the Northern Hemisphere. And they will not go there as friends. Because they will go there to conquer it. And they will conquer it with their sons. The wombs of our women will give us victory.”
And Iranian army representative Abbas Mohammad Hassani said in 2019: “Childbearing in the current circumstances is considered a type of jihad and it would please the Almighty God. Enemies of Shiism are trying to prevent the Shiite population from growing, while they continue to increase their own population. All Shiites must, therefore, take on the jihad of childbearing to counter the goals and conspiracies of the enemies.”
“‘Running Jihad Of Producing More Children’: BJP Leader Harish Dwivedi’s Remarks Spark Row,” News18, September 20, 2024:
BJP leader Harish Dwivedi sparked controversy on Thursday by claiming that a specific community is engaged in a “jihad of producing more children” to capture India’s political system.
Speaking to reporters in Basti, Uttar Pradesh, Dwivedi, without naming any specific community, stated, “The people of a particular community are running a jihad of producing more children with the intention of capturing the country. It has become very important to stop this.”
Dwivedi further asserted that this “particular community” poses a significant threat to the country, claiming that its members have “only one goal—to produce as many children as possible in order to capture India’s political system.”
Dwivedi, a former BJP MP and the party’s in-charge for Assam, claimed that “the people of this community are conspiring to defame the Modi government.”
“This community has done vote and land jihad and now, they are running a jihad to increase their population. They aim to capture the country through the political system and run the country according to their religion and Shariat,” he added….
In response to Dwivedi’s remarks, Samajwadi Party leader and former MLC Rajpal Kashyap accused the BJP of practising divisive politics, asserting that its leaders make such statements to distract the public from pressing issues like unemployment and rising prices.
Tony Rice says
Is there an ” excuse ” for forced sterilisation ? Might be a way of ” stopping the boats ” ?
Jeff says
He is spot on!
Mike says
Quantity doesn’t always equal quality, though.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
I wonder what this “specific community” is. Is the word “jihad” a clue hinting at Mormons?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Given today’s BJP which is in an islamizing mode, I wouldn’t be too surprised if he’s expelled from the party very quickly
abu taleb says
An Islamic party in Indonesia, once was rumoured urging its members to have as many children as possible. By projection, it will win the election in several decades simply by having many children. Then Indonesia will become a full shariah country.
Probably the internet has made the plan failed because people start realizing the evil of Islam.
Mick says
Less than 20 years after Boumedienne’s threat, the civil war: FIS + GIA V FLN regime, rich V poor, Arab V Berber.
Mainly driven by unsustainable population growth, itself mainly a result of reduced Infant Mortality. (In the 19th C, 00s/ 000; in the 20th 0s/000).
Their state nationalised industries could not feed and house an extra 0.5 to 0.75m citizens pa.